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Camping at Cape Lookout
While posting about our camping trip to Blue Bear Mountain Campground, I searched through the blog trying to find documentation of our previous camping trips. I never shared about them! So over the next few days I’ll be posting some pictures and comments from some of our past adventures. First up, Cape Lookout! One theme that seems to run through…
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Blue Bear Mountain Campground
This past weekend, we ventured to Todd, NC to stay at Blue Bear Mountain Campground. We usually stay at state parks, but when I went online to look for a last minute site, everything was booked. Some friends of ours had recently been to BBMC, so I figured why not call up the number and see if there was anything…
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Images from Emerald Isle
We spent last week at Emerald Isle with family, and these are some of my favorite images from the trip. The windy air was humid and salty, so I was struggling to keep the lens clean, but the weather was absolutely gorgeous. Huge thanks go out to Joe’s mom for hosting us! Biggest shells: the very end of the island…
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The Twelfth Fourth
Joe and I have now been married 12 years. That’s quite a chunk of time. We still like each other, we still laugh together, and we are still each other’s favorite. We’ve also now had kids for 75% of our marriage, so it’s no wonder the image of “us” gets overshadowed by the loudness of, struggle in parenting, and exhaustion…
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Fruit Trees
Our fruit trees are looking good this season. We finally have gotten to try cherries this year! The peach tree seems to have responded well to the heavy pruning at the beginning of spring. We tried to follow some extension guides, and while I think we did an okay job, there are still some branches drooping under the weight of…
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What’s Growing
Corn in the middle. Flanked by squash and carrots and the teepee Broccoli and marigold Second year Swiss chard Onion blossom Fountain, path headed towards the pepper patch Plot where I dumped a bag of unknown seeds that had gotten all mixed up: poppy, dill, cilantro, lettuces Same plot, zoomed out Path looking towards the bee and butterfly corner Overstuffed…
